BLACK-BLOTCHED CYCHLA. 



Oyckla nigro-mawlafa. 



PLATE VII. 

 L. GKRAL, Lucanari. Schomb. Drawings, No. 46. 



** THIS is another species having the same habits and 

 residing in the same situations with the last ; they 

 are taken in the same way, and are equally esteemed 

 for the table ; they grow to about eighteen inches 

 in length. The head is compressed, but differs 

 from the last in having a lump on the top ; the 

 body and head are irregularly spotted with black, 

 which vary in different individuals; a peacock- 

 eye at the insertion of the tail; body greenish 

 yellow, light on the belly and sides; gill-rays, 

 ventral, anal, and lower half of caudal fin, vermi- 

 lion ; upper half of caudal fin, and dorsal, indigo ; 

 the scaling is small and slightly fringed, elliptical, 

 and adhesive; the lateral line is divided; ventral 

 fins under the pectorals ; air-hag single, as long as 

 the cavity of body ; nostrils single, near the eyes ; 

 eyes round, over the gape, with red and yellow iris ; 

 the lower jaw is produced; teeth as in No. 45 

 (the last) ; intestines form no flexures, but are 



